The Guild Shop is a Montrose area thrift shop celebrating nearly 49 continuous years of business. A cross between “Antiques Roadshow” and your grandma’s attic, the Shop accepts donations and consignments of gently used house wares, furniture, rugs, art work, jewelry, and clothing for resale. The constantly revolving inventory is sold at incredible prices and deep discounts. The proceeds of these sales assist the elderly in need.
The Guild Shop was opened in 1962 by the Sewing Group of the Church of St. John the Divine. Staffed almost entirely by volunteers, the Shop has given over $4,000,000 in donations to the community. While its primary beneficiary has been, since 1965, St. James House, the Episcopal Diocesan retirement home in Baytown, numerous other local charities have benefitted from the Shop’s generosity as well. They include Disaabled American Veterans, Hospitality Apartments, Adult Protective Services, Christian Community Service Center, The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation, Habitat for Humanity, Red Cross, just to name a few.
Resale with a twist, The Guild Shop has been voted Number 1 Resale Shop in Houston by Click2Houston in 20101 and by The Houston Press in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2008, and Number 1 for Best Furniture in Houston by The Houston Press in 2010.
